I've been gone for quite a bit, doing a few things here and there and I settled back into STO.
And realized that there was a gigantic amount of updates between now and when I used to play, which was way back prior to Season 1.

So to help settle back in I'm hoping someone can answer these questions for me:

1 :: Is Fire At Will still really bad?

2 :: Is Torpedo Spread still really really really bad?

3 :: Are Science Ships still the least used type of ship?

4 :: Are there any sort of "summoners", i.e. motherships that use pets to do their fighting?